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Volume III At Sea- Enroute Long Beach, Calif., June 6, 1936. Number XXI
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A GOOD SHIPMATE PASSES ON
Lester Adcock, CWT., Dies
As Result of Accidental Fall.
The Escuela de Communicaciones
de Chilean Marina ( School of Com­munications
of the Chilean Navy)
gave an elaborate dinner for a party
of fifty men from the Communication
Department of each Cruiser present
( Continued on Page Two)
HOUSTON TO ARRIVE IN
LONG BEACH 16 JUNE
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NAVY lAKES FAVORABLE
IMPRESSIO I CHILE
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• II.
The fact that the Officers and Men
of our avy made a favorable impress­ion
upon our Chilean hosts is shown
by the following dispatch received
from the Acting Commander in Chief
of the hilean Fleet, Admiral Alvarez,
" To Admiral Hart, U. S. S. CHICAGO.
Please do us the favor of accepting
the very best wi hes of the Chilean
Navy for a happy return of the Fleet
under your command. Request that
you interpret the above to all the
personnel under your command to
the effect that they have completely
won the affections of all the personnel
of the entire Chilean Navy."
Another dispatch from Almirante
Latorre, ( Commanding Officer, La­torre)
expressing much the same senti­ment
is as follows: " The Admiral,
Commanding Officers and men of the
Chilean Fleet wish Admirals Hart
and Brinser and the Officers and Men
under their command a happy voyage
and success. It has been a pleasure
to receive their visit to Chile".
Admiral Hart goes further to say,
" Our departure from Valparaiso
marks the completion of an important
mission which the Commander 0 f
( Continued on Page Four)
The date of arrival in Long Beach
has been stepped up from 17 June to
16 June. According to present plans,
we will arrive in Long Beach some
time during the fore( loon of Tuesday,
16 June. The rea on for this change
is due to the fact that we will pro­vision
ship on the 18th.
ER GUESTS
We lost a mighty good friend
and a fine shillmate when injuries
suffered in all accidental fall
caused the death of Lester " Pop"
Adcock, Chief Watertender.
We didn't know hi name was
Lester, for he was " Pop" to all
hl! nds, and everyone was " Bud" to
him. Though he had been with us
a comparativel~ short time, he had
made many friends in his quiet,
unassuming way. \ Ve shall miss
his familiar figure and his in epar­able
pipe about the deck, for
though it is true he wasn't the
talkative kind, we all knew and
liked him.
We feel sure hi record in the
Book of Life was just a good as
hb Naval record, so it is with con­fidence
we wish him God peed on
tiL Other Side.
Realizing the great sorrow the
Ilremature death of a good hus­band
and father brought his family,
it is with deepest sincerety that we
extend our heartfelt sympathy to
his wife and children in their be­reavement.
The HOUSTON Ship's Company.
HO STO MEN DI
The Damage Control Practice for
this year has been cancelled. Instead,
on the date scheduled for this practice,
25 June, we will have our Annual
Military Inspection. In view of the
fact that the practice has been called
off, much more attention will be paid
to the appearance of the crew and
ship. Every man will be expected to
have practically a complete new uni­form
by this date. In drawing small
stores, between now and then, every
one should bear this in mind.
It is expected that for the rest of
our voyage to Long Beach, we will
encounter vel' y good weather. If
this is the case, there is no reason
why the ship shouldn't be in a per­fect
state of cleanliness. All hands
will work to bring about this con­dition.
.....
VALPARAISO- THE CITY ON A
MOUNTAINSIDE
HOUSTON'S DAMAGE CONTROL
PRACTICE CANCELLED
Early one blustering winter's night,
an American sailor from the Asiatic
Fleet Flagship stood at the bar in
the Astor Hotel in Shanghai, sip­ping
hot rum punch and thanking his
lucky stars for the warmth and cozi­ness
of the famous taproom. Outside
shivering rickshaw coolies tried to
wrap their rags do es about their
scrawny bodies and huddled in door­ways
to escape the icy fingers of
wintery winds. The Chinese bartend­er's
chattering Pidgin English had
begun to bore the sailor and he wished
for other company.
In answer to his wish the door burst
( Continued on Page Four)